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N0. 635,403. Patented Oct. 24, I899.

J. SHINE.

GARMENT.

(Application filed June 12, 1899.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICET.

JEREMIAH SHINE, OF BALLYMAORUSE, IRELAND.

GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 635,403, dated October 24, 1899.

Application filed June 12, 1899. i 1N -7 1 N m 3'0 aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JEREMIAH SHINE, gentleman farmer, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain,residing at Ballymacruse, in the county of Limerick, Ireland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Garments, of which the following is a specification.

According to this invention a shirt and waistcoat are combined so as to form one garment. The two fore parts of a waistcoat are attached by sewing to the front of a shirt, the seam of the sewing being along the side and top edges of the fore parts and onto or near the collar. The part of the shirt hidden by the waistcoat is omitted and the top of the part left is sewed to the waistcoat. Holes are left in the fore parts for the suspenders to pass through.

The drawings show a garment made in accordance with this invention.

Figures 1 and 2 are front elevations. In Fig. l the fore parts of the waistcoat are open and in Fig. 2 they are closed.

a a are the fore parts of the waistcoat, attached to the shirt by seams of sewing along the side and top edges 5 b and c 0, along the lines at d and e e,where the top of the shirt when it has been cut away meets the waistcoat, and along the lines f f and g 9, near the collar h.

Z Z are pieces left to form the front of the shirt when the waistcoat is closed.

on m are holes for the suspenders to pass through. These holes are in the portion of the waistcoat parts below the upper edge of the cut-away portion of the shirt, whereby the body of the suspenders can extend over the waistcoat parts, and thus be out of contact ,with the skin or with a light undershirt, while the suspendenends extend through the holes and under the waistcoat parts (but between said waistcoat parts and the shirt) for attachment to the trousers. The coat will hide the portion of the suspenders which lie above the waistcoat, and the lower part of the coat can be turned back (as by putting the hands in the trousers pockets) without exposing the suspender-ends.

What I claim is A garment consisting of a shirt, and the fore parts of a waistcoat, the part of the shirt under the waistcoat being cut away, said shirt and waistcoat parts overlapping and being secured together, and the portions of the waistcoat parts below the top edge of the cut= away portion of the shirt having suspenderreceiving openings therein; substantially as described.

JEREMIAH SHINE.

Witnesses:

JOHN DUNDON, DENIs OLOUGHLIN. 

